Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-27
Words of The Curse
THE FORMULA OF RECOMMENDATION AS
USED AGAINST DIR. MCGLYNN.

USED AGAINST DIR. MCGLYNN.
The bull of accommodation
which has been issued against DIR.
Edward McGlynn, the late pastor of
st. Stephens Roman Catholic Church
New York, is given below. 1t has
never been published before and is
taken from the regular document is
sued from Rome.
BY the authority of God Almighty,
the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost,
and of tho unde6led Virgin Mary,
mother and patroness of our Savior,
and of all the celestial virtues, angels,
archangels, thrones, dominions, pow
ers, cherubim, seraphim and of all the
holy patriarchs, prophets, and of all
the apostles and evangelists. and of
the holy innocents, who in the sight
of the Holy Lamb are found worthy
to sing the new song of the holy
martyrs and holy confessors. and of
the holy virgins, and of all the saints
together, with the holy and elect of
God, we excommunicate and anath-
ematize this malefactor, Edward
McGlynn, and from the threshold of
the Holy Church of God Almighty we
sequester him that he may be tor
mented, disposed and delivered over
With Dathan, and Adrian, and with
those who say unto the Lord God:
Depart from us, we desire none of
thy ways" And as fire is quenched
with water so let the light of him be
put out forevermore unless he shall
repent "and make satisfaction, Amen.
May the Father, who created man,
curse him!
May the Son, who suffered for us,
curse him!
May the Holy Ghost, who was Civ
en- to us in baptism, curse himl
May the Holy cross, which Christ,
for our salvation, triumphing over his
enemies, assembled, curse himl
May the holy and eternal Virgin
Mary, mother of God, curse him
May st. Michael, the advocate of
holy souls, curse him!
May all the angels, and archangels,
principalities ndpowere, and all the
heavenly armies, curse himl
May the praise worthy multitude
of patriarchs and prophets, curse
him
May st. John the Precursor, and
st. John the Baptist, and St. Peter,
and st. Paul, and st. Andrew, and
all other Christ's apostles, together
curse him!
And may the rest of his disciples
and four evangelists, who by their
preaching converted the universal
world, and may the holy and wonder
full company of Martyrs and confes-
sors, who by their holy works are
found pleasing to God Almighty,
curse him!
May the holy choir of the holy vir-
gins, who for the honor of Christ
have despised the things of the world,
curse him!
May all the saints who, from the
beginning of the world unto everlast
ing ages, are found to be beloved of
God, curse himl
May the heavens, and earth, and
all the holy things remaining therein,
curse him?
May he be cursed, wherever he be
whether in the house or stables,
the garden or the field, or the high
way, or in the path, or in the woods,
or in the water, or in the church
May he be cursed in living, in dy-
ing, in eating and drinking, in being
hungry, in being thirsty, in fasting,
in sleeping, in slumbering, in waking
in walking, in standing, in sitting, in
lying, in working, in resting,,
-, and in blood letting.
May he be cursed in all the facul-
ties of his bodyl
May he be cursed inwardly and
outwardly!
May he be cursed in his brains,a and
in his vertex. In his temples, in his
forehead, in his ears, in his eye
brows, in his cheeks, in his jaw-bone,
in his nostrils, in his foreteeth and
grinders, in his lips, in his throat, IN
his shoulders, in his wrist, in his
arms, in his hands, in his fingers, in
his mouth, in his breast, in his heart
and purtenance, and in his bottomost
stomach, in his reins, and in his
groin, in his thighs, in his-,and
in his hips, and in his knees, his legs,
his feet, and toe nails
May he be cursed in all his joints
and articulations of his members
from the top of his head to the sole
of his feet May there be no sound
ness in him.